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race and blacks in comics

Race in comics and the blacks in comics essays were actually quite similar. It seems the writer is upset with how there is very little black culture in comics, including the writers, illustrators and comic book characters. The author states that he was the first African American to work for the big comic book companies and that it upsets him that his name is not mentioned. He also notes that he does not like people to get ahead based on their skin color or ethnicity. Yet what confuses me about this is that he did nothing spectacular unless it is based on his being the first African American to work at the largest comic book companies. He talks of not wanting to get ahead based on color and yet he wants to be recognized for being the first of his color to work for D.C. and Marvel comics. The man in my opinion is a hypocrite

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Julian C. Chambliss is an author, editor, and historian at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. His research and teaching interests focus on urban
development and urban popular culture in the United States. His academic
writing has appeared in the Florida
Historical Quarterly, Pennsylvania
History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, Specs: A Journal of Arts &
Culture, Studies in American Culture, Georgia Historical Quarterly, Journal of
Urban History, and Ohio Valley History.In addition, he has published opinion and commentary in popular forum
such as the Los Angeles Times, The Orlando Sentinel, The Christian Science Monitor, and PopMatters.com.